Edison Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Spacecraft	Edison-1 (EDISON, Space Inventor Pioneer Cubesat)
Form factor	CubeSat
Units or mass	8U
Status	Operational (No clear news found as of 2025-04-20 but object identified)
Launched	2025-01-14
NORAD ID	62610
Deployer	EXOpod Nova 12U/16U [Exolaunch]
Launcher	Falcon 9 (Transporter-12)
Organisation	Space Inventor
Institution	Company
Entity type	Commercial
Country	Denmark
Manufacturer	AIVT by Space Inventor
Operator	Space Inventor
Partners	Neumann Space, ION-X, Infinite Orbits
Costs	$0.96M million for spacecraft, launch and operation.
Oneliner	Satellite with hosted payload and demonstrate laser communication system and flexible solar panel.
Description	Containing our newly developed laser communication system as well as our flexible solar panel, which allows several meters of solar array to be deployed from a small satellite. This mission will serve both as an in-orbit demonstration as well as a payload hosting platform for paying customers. In addition to the purpose of validating our platform and mission design, the satellite will also fly a number of new systems for in-orbit demenstration, such as our laser satcom module, which we are currently developing through the ESA ARTES ScyLight Program. ION-X will be flying next year with Space Inventor and Infinite Orbits on-board the EDISON mission, as part of the Pioneer European Space Agency - ESA program. With a launch expected in the second half of 2024 and beyond the demonstration of ION-X propulsion system performances, the common ambition is to contribute to the development of an autonomous debris avoidance system, coupling Infinite Orbits navigation system with ION-X maneuverability solution. The EDISON mission, set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in November 2024, will showcase the spaceworthiness of cutting-edge space technologies developed by Australian Neumann Space Pty Ltd, French ION-X, and French Infinite Orbits SAS. Funded by ESA under the innovative Pioneer program, this mission aims to evaluate and support qualified providers of pioneering space-based services.
Notes	Previously the size was marked as 6U.
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COTS subsystems	PLATFORM - Space Inventor PROPULSION - Neumann Space PROPULSION - ION-X
Keywords	Laser transmitter, Propulsion
On the same launch	AE1C AE1D ALainSat-1 ANSER Leader-S Balkan-1 BRO-16 BUZZER-1 Centauri-7 Centauri-8 Connecta IoT 5 Connecta IoT 6 Connecta IoT 7 Connecta IoT 8 Flock-4g 1 Flock-4g 2 Flock-4g 3 Flock-4g 4 Flock-4g 5 Flock-4g 6 Flock-4g 7 Flock-4g 8 Flock-4g 9 Flock-4g 10 Flock-4g 11 Flock-4g 12 Flock-4g 13 Flock-4g 14 Flock-4g 15 Flock-4g 16 Flock-4g 17 Flock-4g 18 Flock-4g 19 Flock-4g 20 Flock-4g 21 Flock-4g 22 Flock-4g 23 Flock-4g 24 Flock-4g 25 Flock-4g 26 Flock-4g 27 Flock-4g 28 Flock-4g 29 Flock-4g 30 Flock-4g 31 Flock-4g 32 Flock-4g 33 Flock-4g 34 Flock-4g 35 Flock-4g 36 Edison Elevation-1 FOREST-3 FOSSASat TAT-A FOSSASat TAT-E FUSION-1 GEN1 HCT-SAT 1 InnoCube IRIS-F2 IRIS-F3 Lemur-2 197 Lemur-2 198 Lemur-2 199 Lemur-2 200 Lemur-2 201 Lemur-2 202 LIME Otter Parus-T1 PAUSAT1 SAT GUS SATurnin-1 SCOT TechEdSat-22 TROLL VEERY-0F LOGSATS 2 LusoSpace 0 Sedna 2 HADES-R Hello Space 2 Hello Space 3 HYDRA-2 HYPE POQUITO PROMETHEUS-1 BlueBon FOSSASat TAT-O

Last modified: 2025-04-20